Farcry slow on X1800XT

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Ive started playing again in highest detail 1280x1024, high AA, 4X AF. I though my computer would destroy this game ([email protected], 2gb ram, X1800XT 256mb) it runs ok then I got to the part at the start where you get the binoculars. I zoomed in onto the island of grunts and was present with a slideshow!

Cant this new card handle 4x AF and some distance? I say this because i know people are playing the game in 64bit details, extra textures etc. Do i need a super computer to run it so it looks nice?
 
I have an opteron clocked at 2.8ghz aswell. maybe something is not right like the pci-e transfer rate or something. I swapped the graphics card to the lower slot as it wouldnt fit (covered the chipset fan) in the top one. I changed all the jumpers to the lower slot on the board. Maybe theres something i need to set in the bios?
 
i tried version 1.3 and it just didnt load so this is still 1.0. I noticed when i detected settings it found system as 'very high' but all of the settings were on low :confused:

heres some shots in 1600x1200, max aa and max af resized to 1024x768. Notice the fraps frames :eek: :mad:

FarCry2006-03-0622-19-23-42.jpg


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HangTime said:
Not needed per se (it won't fix any performance problems) but it does make the game better. For now just get yourself up to 1.33.

Might be worth checking your driver settings to ensure to ensure vsync is disabled and other settings are as they should be. Also what do you mean by "max AA"? Personally in 1600x1200 I wouldn't use more than 4x
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its just set at 'high' I put 1.1 on then tested and it worked, then i put 1.3 on and it just hung at the first image on loading. (just before the purple video) I alt, ctrl, del and got not responding.
Ill try again tomorrow, but i uninstalled it as if @@@@@@ me right off.
Patches ive now got-
1.1
1.3
1.31
1.32
1.33
 
HangTime said:
Only patches you need to install are 1.3, 1.31 and 1.33 (1.1 and 1.32 can be binned)

Far Cry really needs to be patched up as older versions have bugs (dodgy textures amongst other things) and also lack features such as SM3.0 rendering (r_sm30path 1).
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now fully patched up to 1.33 and it still drops to single frames sometimes! this is just gonads, an x1800 and FX57 2gb ram and its still crap.
is there something im missing like openGL?
 
A random name said:
Have you got adaptive antialiasing on Quality settings with 6xaa? That will probably be the problem with the sheer amount of foliage in the game :)
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nope, just on application preference. I dont understand, all my 3d marks are on target, FEAR runs fine in everything maxed in 1260x900 or whatever weird resolution is uses. BF2 works fine in 1280x1024 6xaa everything high as does COD2. :confused:
 
A random name said:
Ah, omega drivers :\

Can't give you any help, have you tried the proper Catalyst 6.3 drivers?
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i can try them but its strange how everything else works fine. ive got a solution, i just wont play farcry! bf2 and fear it is instead :)
 
warren_1979 said:
Man I'd forgotten how nice that game looks. Might install it again and have a bash. Do many peeps still play it online?
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i think about 3 people ever played it online. why do i need to be woried when everything else including all benchmarks are spot on for my system? either something wrong with farcry or it just doesnt like omega driver

i dont need service pack 2 do i for XP?
 
i finally put the 6.3 cat drivers on and tested. Going back on them screenshots, i went though and took some more in the same places and get the following-

screen 1 44
screen 2 47
screen 3 55
screen 4 28
screen 5 53


so, it shows that farcry doesnt like the omega drivers on X1800 or vise versa
 
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